A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. - Jose Raul Capablanca - Quotesmemo.com

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Jose Raul Capablanca

A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.

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In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and opening must be studied in relation to the end game.

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You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player.

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Most players. . . do not like losing, and consider defeat as something shameful. This is a wrong attitude. Those who wish to perfect themselves must regard their losses as lessons and learn from them what sorts of things to avoid in the future.

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Chess is more than a game or a mental training. It is a distinct attainment. I have always regarded the playing of chess and the accomplishment of a good game as an art, and something to be admired no less than an artist's canvas or the product of a sculptor's chisel. Chess is a mental diversion rather than a game. It is both artistic and scientific.

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